Eight months later, the majority of the original members assigned to protect the planet's communication array were dead, including Loomis and Parker. Larkin now commanded the troops. With support from the crew of the USS Defiant, including Ezri Dax, whom he befriended, Kellin successfully managed to expose the subspace anti-personnel mines (known as "Houdinis") that had threatened them, eventually turning them on the Jem'Hadar.